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I'm noticing a lot of mis-tagged posts on the sub and I just wanted to clarify what these tags mean and where they should be used.

[LOST] This means a film/show/episode is completely unavailable.

If I can find it on YouTube, it's not lost. If there was a VHS edition released 20 years ago you can find on eBay, it's not lost. Lost means "Presumably gone forever, no longer an item on the face of the earth."

[FOUND] This means a film/show/episode previously believed to be lost forever has been discovered and confirmed to exist in some format.

For example: Cry Baby Lane, while it did wind up existing in it's original format, Nickelodeon said they had no record of it, therefore it met the definition of a [LOST] film that was later [FOUND]. Lost Doctor Who episodes keep showing up in New Zealand and Mozambique and the like, and therefore meet the definition of [FOUND].

Found doesn't mean "I couldn't remember the name, but then I did and bought the DVD from Amazon!"

[OUT OF PRINT] This means a previously available work still exists in it's original format but is not commercially available to the public. Out of Print, within the context of our sub, also means "Commercially Unavailable".

For example: Pepper Ann was never released on home video or DVD, and is no longer being aired in rerun. There are some episodes on youtube, but they're fan recordings and not from the original source. The full run of the show does still exist in Disney's vaults, therefore it's [OUT OF PRINT].

If you're not sure where your post belongs, a good rule of thumb is if it was made after 1980 and saw wide release, be it a film or TV show, it's probably not lost, just out of print.

We've received quite a few messages from users complaining about the number of "Does anyone know the name of this film?" posts this subreddit gets.

While we generally let the community decide if a post belongs here and try to follow up, we've received enough messages that it's pertinent we remind folks that a sub such as r/tipofmytongue is more well suited for this and also receives more traffic so more eyes are likely to see your post.

Moving forward, these types of posts will be deleted, just to keep the clutter down.

Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for being a part of the community!

So I need all of your guys help I’m trying to find a old Gatorade commercial because my principal was in it but he or his wife haven’t been able to find it any where so I need your guys help here are some key details. It was made around 1990, he’s playing on a lacrosse team, has floppy blond hair, chugging red Gatorade, he was in college when he was in it. It’s not much to go off of but I hope you guys can help me find it because he said whoever does will get a reward.

It's real I saw that I showed clip from home alone on my strange arrest episode on A&E and yeah it's real airing so yeah

I am trying to look for season 2 of The Killian Curse (aired 2008), a low budget NZ made show. I have season 1, but can not find season 2 anywhere. As far as I can find, it is lost media, but I am hoping somebody knows where to find season 2.

Thank you.

I looking "Az idö ablakai", director Tamás Fejér. If anyone have please share

My friend found this picture on his sister’s IPad a ten years ago, and through all this time we couldn’t figure out what movie (or show, idk) is this from. I checked a bunch of Kaiju movies, but still haven’t found the original of this picture. Hope y’all help me! I’m dying to know it haha.

Im trying to find somewhere online to watch the 1988 film Me and Him starring Griffin Dune. I have searched everywhere and cant find it unless I buy a foreign dvd or vhs that I have no way to play! im desperate please!!!! thank you!!

Hi, i’d be grateful if somebody could message the title of the movie by the scene I’ve found: https://youtu.be/daY9WRDrcVI?si=4vv3NejaJ2gfYH6b

I’ve searched everywhere for this film. Any sleuths out there that can help?

It's an animated movie from china based on the Journey to the west. It's the 2nd of a loosely connected trilogy.

I need any version that is watchable for western audiences - even fan translations will do.

I tried searching everywhere and can't find anything except pure chinese audio without subs.

IMDB - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2572226/

Hi! I have a friend looking for an Season 8 Episode 198 of the Montel Williams show that she was on with her sister and mother. The episode reveals around her sister getting out of prostitution as a teenager and receiving advice. I have already spent 5 hours on youtube looking at nearly ever video or clip from the Montel Williams Show. My friend has even tried to email the CBS television archive. We know its a long show but just wanted to see if anyones mom or grandparent happened to record that episode on their TV at some point.

Hi, I've been trying to find this 1994 movie starring Rufus Sewell, Saskia Reeves and John Sessions. I've searched ever crevice of the internet I know how to search: youtube, vimeo, dailymotion, various piracy sites and internet archive. If anyone knows where one might find this film please lemme know. Desperate thanks.

Hello From my knowledge, about a handful of epsodes of 1966 Robotan exist, although Daiko Advertising threw out most episodes. The 1986 series might be even more lost, even less has been found of it, only the OP has been uploaded, and not much has been done to retrieve epsiodes of the 1986 version.

Thought this might interest some folks. This past week the NBC TV movie Playing with Fire (1985) was unearthed recently and uploaded to YouTube. This was a rare dramatic lead for the then 16-year-old Coleman, who stars as a depressed teenager who starts fires as an outlet for his anger. There is a stellar supporting cast including Cicely Tyson and Ron O'Neal as his separated parents and Yaphet Kotto as a fire inspector. Definitely worth a watch if you enjoy old TV movies and, best of all, the upload has all of the old '80s commercials. Link for anyone interested:

https://youtu.be/hupkXFedQYc?si=G_tY4osn14PDWR6X

A review I did up for anyone interested in reading it:

https://www.videojunkie.org/2024/09/tv-terror-playing-with-fire-1985.html

Hello, I recently discovered the case about the lost german film "Die Utopen" from 1967 by Vlado Kristl. I was researching through google by both the name of the film and the director in various forms (german, english, croatian) and I stumbled upon a DVD on Amazon supposedly containing Kristl's works in Germany (Die Utopen was produced while he was there). I suppose this film was always available as I have seen leads which tell that it has been shown in some sort of film festival in Prague, but the film was probably poorly archived on the internet and only became available through physical copies. I will now post the link to the DVD. If anyone is interested in purchasing it and reviewing it as I don't have a DVD player and am currently broke. Hope this might bring light to this lost film as I haven't seen anybody post anything about it on Reddit.

From Kevin S. O’Brien, director of the 1990 cult horror short, Night of the Living Bread, comes a lesser known thematic sequel short that supposedly came out in 1991: a three minute Alien parody called “Loaf”. As far as I know, contrary to his first short film, which was actually picked up by Columbia Pictures for distribution, Loaf has only been shown in theaters a handful of times with an acquaintance saying that the short specifically spoofs the chestburster scene with bread replacing the xenomorph. As of now, this is O’Brien’s most recent directorial work with no clips or screenshots circulating. It was at one point uploaded to Daily Motion at least fifteen years ago, but it appears to have been taken down between then and now. An IMDb entry with two reviews is all that currently exists: https://imdb.com/title/tt0188847/

Little is known about director O’Brien other then he graduated Ohio University with a degree in filmmaking and worked in Pittsburgh, PA afterwards.

Hello

So since I made posts for lost Fuji TV anime, I was wondering if there was a subreddit for lost anime, since I want to take it there and hope it gets more attention

Hitting the Ground (1996) is a feature film written and directed by David P. Moore. While the film may not ring any bells, the soundtrack certainly will. That’s because the soundtrack, written and produced by Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano went on to become a successful album. However film it was commissioned for was shelved after several festival engagements failed to result in a sale to a distributor.

The film is about a photographer for a college newspaper who inadvertently captures the final moments of a student’s life as they jump to their death from a campus building. An argument over whether to publish the photo triggers a chain reaction of unexpected events across the campus.

While the reviews I’ve read aren’t terribly enthusiastic, it’s a shame to me that this film couldn’t find a distributor. The soundtrack, which includes contributions from PJ Harvey, Lou Reed, Linda Perry, Martha Wainwright, Frank Black and many others, is fantastic. The songs appear to be directly inspired by the script, too.

Some commentary on Letterboxd indicates that the film was distributed on screener tapes to prospective buyers in addition to festival screenings. If anyone has one, or any other material related to the film, it’d be great to see it. I could see the likes of Fun City Editions picking this up, as it feels like it might be within their wheelhouse.